The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected bilateral eye disability, finding that a rating in excess of 30 percent was not warranted prior to June 18, 1997 and that a rating in excess of 50 percent was not warranted subsequent to June 17, 1997.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show vision worse than 20/60 in the left eye, which is required for a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral eye disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0215298
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What this means for you
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